Both Gwyneth Paltrow and Tina Fey have spoken up about their disdain for the event. Jamie McCarthy/Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

If you love fashion and famous people, there's a pretty good chance you wait every year to check out the celebrity-studded Met Gala, which is one of fashion's most over-the-top spectacles all year long.

Held annually on the first Monday night in May, the Gala, known formally as the Costume Institute Gala, is not just an excuse for the most famous people in the world to wear really fancy outfits —it's actually a fundraising gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, and if you want to attend, one ticket costs a reported $30,000.

Supermodels, musicians, and media darlings are all sure to secure a spot at the event, which has a theme each year, often resulting in some pretty wild celebrity moments.

Some celebs have attended the gala only to come out of it saying how unenjoyable the event can be.

Keep scrolling to read about five stars who have made some major complaints about the gala.

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Amy Schumer said the event "felt like punishment" in 2016, but went back again in 2017.

Schumer attending the Met Gala in 2016.
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She's one of the biggest female comedians on the planet, but it seems highly unlikely that you'll see Schumer in her designer best on that famous staircase. She went to her first Met Gala when her star was firmly on the rise back in 2016, but she did not have a good time.

Afterwards, she told Howard Stern about her experience, saying, "I guess I should be grateful I was invited or something, but yeah, it felt like a punishment. It's not me and I don't like it … It's so fake … It's people doing an impression of having a conversation."

Adding insult to injury, she said, "I left not the second I could; I left earlier than I should've been allowed," she added.

However, the best part for Schumer was that she got to meet Beyoncé: "I got to meet Beyoncé and she was like, 'Is this your first Met?' and I was like, 'It's my last.'"

It seems she had a change of heart, because she was on hand for the 2017 Met Gala.

It seems the uncomfortable run-in with Minaj left Lovato less than enthused about the event as a whole. In 2018, she told Billboard, "I had a terrible experience," sharing that one celebrity in particular made her feel so uncomfortable, she nearly relapsed in her sobriety.

She said, "I changed my clothes, but I still had my diamonds on — millions of dollars of diamonds on in an AA meeting. And I related more to the homeless people in that meeting who struggled with the same struggles that I deal with than the people at the Met Gala...."

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Gwyneth Paltrow said the event was "so un-fun" in 2013, but went back in 2017.

Paltrow has always been considered a fashion darling, but she also keeps it real about how "un-fun" such a prestigious event is.

In 2013, she reportedly went on a Met Gala rant to Australian radio hosts Kyle and Jackie O, telling them how much she hated it. She said, "Do you want me to be honest? It sucked. It seems like the best thing in the world. You think, 'Oh my god, it's going to be so glamorous and amazing, and you're going to see all these famous people.' And then you get there, and it's so hot, and so crowded, and everyone's pushing you. This year it was really intense. It wasn't fun!'"

In 2015, she went on a long rant in an interview with David Letterman, calling the soirée "such a jerk parade." She added, "Every jerk from every walk of life is there, wearing some stupid thing … It's just everybody, if you had a million arms, it's all the people you would punch in the whole world."

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Lena Dunham called it a "crazy countdown to escape."

The "Girls" star caused a flurry of controversy after attending the 2016 glam fest. In a now-deleted interview with Schumer on her Lenny Letter newsletter, the two actresses reportedly lamented about the over-the-top party, with Dunham saying, "You and I were literally sitting across from each other at the Met Ball, and it was like a crazy countdown to when we could escape. You were like, 'We're honored to be here. We're honored to be here.'"

Dunham also described what it was like to sit with NFL player Odell Beckham Jr., receiving a slew of backlash in the process. She said, "I was sitting next to Odell Beckham Jr., and it was so amazing because it was like he looked at me and he determined I was not the shape of a woman by his standards. He was like, 'That's a marshmallow. That's a child. That's a dog.' It wasn't mean — he just seemed confused."

She went on to describe the New York Giants wide receiver, criticizing him for not looking at her like he was interested in her, drawing ire from commenters online.